Commentary

In recent weeks it became clear to us that many LGBT San Diegans had lost confidence in the board and its ability to manage our annual Pride Parade and weekend – the largest, most visible and most inclusive LGBT community event of the year.

I hope to see you for my first State of District Three presentation on Monday, February 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre. I have received a great response thus far and look forward to an enjoyable evening with you.

I was surprised about how many legal and privacy issues she was confronted with before choosing to write under this fictitious name. I was also surprised to learn that making such a choice actually limits one’s legal rights.

The application process is open to every registered California voter who has had the same political affiliation for the last five years, and who has voted in at least two of the last three statewide general elections.

For the first time in history, the U.S. Bureau of the Census will capture data on same-sex married and unmarried households. An important policy change no doubt, but without a culturally intuitive education campaign to match, “hard to count” populations like the LGBT community may relegate their Census to the recycling bin.

Last week, the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists – and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence. This ruling strikes at our democracy itself.

In an immediate response to bring the Pride Board up in numbers we will be adding three interim board members and one candidate to the Pride roster. A formal announcement about those individuals will be made in the coming week.